XTO-12806 Society, History & Globalisation

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Studiepunten 6.00

Language of instruction:

English

Contents:

This course attempts to integrate knowledge of the social, economical and environmental sciences in explaining temporal differences in the organization of tourism and the relationships between tourism and its social, cultural, political, economical, technological and ecological environments. The lectures will provide the students with an introduction to the main global historical transitions since ancient times, with an emphasis on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries as far as they are relevant for tourism. Each lecture will focus on a specific period of tourism development in its historical context and will link these tourism developments with economic, demographic, political transition, social cultural and spatial transitions. In each lecture explanations from social, economical and environmental sciences will be compared and analyzed. In the workshops students will discuss and analyze specific tourism transformations. They will be as asked to connect these changes with the more general historical transitions.

Learning outcomes:

After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
- recall the main historical transitions since ancient times, with an emphasis on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries;
- interpret the general mechanisms of change in these transitions;
- connect specific transformations in tourism with these historical transitions;
- assess new events against the background of long term development;
- recall how history and cultural heritage have become objects of tourism development.

Activities:

- lectures;
- workshops.

Examination:

- written examination (60%);
- written individual paper (40%).

Literature:

A reader with articles and book chapters.